Patrizia Barbieri

Italian politician

Patrizia Barbieri


Mayor of Piacenza
In office 25 June 2017 – 26 June 2022
Preceded by	Paolo Dosi
Succeeded by	Katia Tarasconi
President of the Province of Piacenza
In office 31 October 2018 – 29 June 2022
Preceded by	Francesco Rolleri
Succeeded by	Monica Patelli

Personal details
Born	(1960-05-08) 8 May 1960 (age 64) Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
Political party	Independent (Centre-Right)
Alma mater	University of Parma
Occupation	lawyer
Website	patriziabarbieri.com

Patrizia Barbieri (born 8 May 1960) is an Italian politician.^[1]

Biography

Barbieri was born in Cremona, Italy, and she graduated in law at University of Parma. She has a law firm together with some partners in Piacenza, where she works as a civil lawyer and as a freelancer. She resides in Castelvetro Piacentino, a little town where she was Mayor from 20 November 1994 to 26 May 2003 (two consecutive terms).^[2] She is married and has two daughters.^[3]

Supported by Lega Nord, Forza Italia, Brothers of Italy and a civic list, she won the 2017 Piacenza mayoral election and then officially took office on 28 June 2017^[4] as Mayor of Piacenza for a first five-year term (renewable once).^[5]^[6] Through second degree elections^[7] – i.e. through indirect elections reserved for local administrators (Mayors and Councilors of Municipalities of the territory)^[7] – on 31 October 2018 was elected – maintaining simultaneously her role as mayor, as required by the Delrio Law^[8] – also President of the Province of Piacenza for a first four-year term (renewable once).^[9]

On 4 March 2020 Barbieri announced she had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.^[10]

On 16 February 2022, she decided to run (supported again by the same parties) for a second, and last, five-year term as Mayor of Piacenza in the 2022 election:^[11] Barbieri lost re-election on 26 June with 46.54% of votes against Katia Tarasconi (PD) in the run-off^[12] and she officially left office on 29 June: as established by the Delrio Law, with the loss of the role of mayor Barbieri lost also the presidency of the Province which is held ad interim by the vicepresident Franco Albertini^[13] pending the regular election^[14] at the expiry of the mandate in September, when she was succeeded by Monica Patelli.^[15]^[16]

References

^ "Patrizia Barbieri tra le candidate al Premio per il miglior sindaco del mondo" (in Italian). ilpiacenza.it. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ "Patrizia Barbieri: a Piacenza c'è un sindaco in trincea" (in Italian). ilmiogiornale.net. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ "Patrizia Barbieri". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ "Il sindaco Patrizia Barbieri" (in Italian). comune.piacenza.it. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ "Patrizia Barbieri: ecco le sfide del nuovo sindaco di Piacenza" (in Italian). ilmiogiornale.net. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ "Io, Patrizia". Secolo d'Italia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Provincia di Piacenza".
^ Legge Del Rio (legge 7 aprile 2014 n. 56) written by Graziano Delrio (at that time Italian Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies) during Letta Cabinet and approved by Italian Parliament during Renzi Cabinet
^ "Patrizia Barbieri prima donna presidente della Provincia". Piacenza24. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ "Coronavirus, anche il sindaco e presidente della Provincia Barbieri è stata contagiata". Il Piacenza (in Italian). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^ "Barbieri si ricandida a sindaco: "Sciolgo le riserve, il mio partito è Piacenza" – Libertà Piacenza".
^ "Katia Tarasconi è il nuovo sindaco di Piacenza: "Sono onorata" – Libertà Piacenza".
^ "Tarasconi nuovo sindaco, cambio alla guida della Provincia: Franco Al…".
^ "Provincia, elezioni in autunno. Albertini svolgerà le funzioni del presidente – Libertà Piacenza".
^ "PC: Franco Albertini svolgerà le funzioni di presidente fino alla fin…".
^ "Cambio anche in Provincia, entro la fine di settembre elezione del nu…".

External links

Patrizia Barbieri – Official site
Municipality of Piacenza – official card of the Mayor

Political offices
Preceded by Paolo Dosi	Mayor of Piacenza 2017–2022	Succeeded by Katia Tarasconi
Preceded by Francesco Rolleri	President of the Province of Piacenza 2018–2022	Succeeded by Monica Patelli